Surffikoira

Thanks! Well originally I was going to leave the differential out to keep things cleaner but there's been some talk about better playabilty with it so I'm not really sure.

Hey guys! First time posting let alone participating in a contest on this talented forum. After all the amazing entries started dropping in I felt my limitations as a Lego builder and almost chickened out. Theme Ever since the disappointing Top Gear Rally Car I wanted to build a proper rally car with the white fenders. I started to build the VW Polo WRC but after a while didn't feel my representation was authentic enough to use the model name. Especially the fenders and the short overhangs gave me problems which could've possibly been solved with flex axles by a better builder but I really wanted to use those white fenders. Functionality/design I'm not a great Technic (or a car) mechanic so no fancy suspension or gear box. Here was my checklist starting out: Working steering wheel and HOG Fake engine (no moving parts) Openable hood Openable doors Openable trunk Slight incline on the sides Roll cage & spare tire Room for driver and co-driver minifigs Pictures Update: I updated the chassis (no diff, added suspension) and the body color scheme Rest of the new pictures are in the comments. ---- Old pictures: I'll be taking better pictures for the entry, but here's what I got so far: Chassis and body broken down. There's still things to do with the roll cage and miscellaneous tuning but I'm pretty much there. Fake engine. I have a pretty hazy image of what actually happens under the hood so no claim to realism. The yellow bit especially is just for show Hood closed. Took me a while to figure out how to keep the hood as wide as possible while still mounting the fenders and keeping the inclination. Side view without paneling. The hard part was tilting the body while keeping the doors openable. In the end I used the roll cage side bars for the tilt: despite relying a lot on friction it's pretty sturdy as is but can be reinforced with a crossbar on the side. The front mounting points are a bit of a mess. Side view. I tried the roof in white but in this case it just looks better black. The blue, black and LBG highlights come from the WRC Polo R. Unfortunately my selection of blue parts is really limited. Rear view. Still some work to do there. Everything opened. Thanks for reading!